o- no plur. (lu/h) mist, fog.

o- no plur. (lu/n) asthma; bronchitis. cf. ekifuba

o- (lu/n) dust; powder; dirt, with the -a of rel. powdery, in powdered form, ssukaali ow'olufufugge, powdered/very fine sugar, olu- fufugge lw'amagumba, bones which have decayed and turned to dust. cf. effufugge.

o- (lu/n) kind of tree, from 60 to 100 feet in height, Celtis mildbraedii, Celtis soyauxii.

o- (lu/n) colloq. liquor, beer.

o- no plur. (lu/n) large number, multitude, crowd, olufulubenje lw'ebi- buuzo, a large number of questions, olufulu- benje lw'abaana, a great many children.

o- marriage (of a woman). The word is used most often with an accompanying ordinal. olufumbirwa lwe olw'okusatu, her third marriage. cf. fumba, fumbirwa.

o- also olufumbofumbo (lu/n) a kind of grass which produces a substance resembling silk. cf. 20bufumbo.

o- (lu/n) arch, smell of cooking. cf. fumba.

o- (lu/n) legend; tradition; epic; long tale. cf. Ifuma.

o- (lu/n) fold (esp. in cloth), cf. lfunya, funyira.

o- no plur. (lu/h) large amount, great quantity, olufuubanja lw'abantu, a multitude of people, olufuubanja lw'en- simbi, a great deal of money.

o- (lu/h) goat traditionally eaten by the children of the deceased at a funeral.

o- (lu/n) wick (e.g., of a lamp): Less common than olutambi, q.v. cf. ^enfuuzi.

o- (lu/h) sash (of cloth, usually of barkcloth). okwesiba olufuvu, to be in mourning for someone who has died, lit. to tie a sash around oneself, cf. effuvu.

ngi, a lufulube; be a., okujeba.

olufuba.

olufuba, oluyimbiro,

o- (bu/-) fluffy substance resembling cotton often used for stuffing mattresses and pillows; the plant from which this substanceis obtained, cf. olufumbo.

ensonga, omusango; vide olufuubanja, oluyeeke, nnamunkukuulu; (box) essanduuku, ebbweta.

ekibiina, olufulube.

n., olufunyiro, eggoda, olukoda.

e- (n/n) dust; sawdust; fine powder, cf. olufufugge.

e- (li/ma) large sash (of cloth, usually barkcloth). cf. olufuvu.

olufu.

n. (cloth), olufunyiro, eggoda, olukoda; (enclosure) ekisibo, ekiraalo, olugo.

blow on. oku- fukuta emivubo, to blow with a pair of bellows. okufukuta amazzi, to gargle with water, okufukuta ekyuma, to melt metal (e.g., with a blowtorch), kuwoza gufukula, to talk nonsense (gu- implies muliro, fire), kufukuta lulimi, to speak a language (usually English) fluently. Bwe yatuuse mu dduuka n'afukutira omutunzi Oluzungu nga gw'alufukutira talina ky'aggyamu. When he arrived in the store he spoke English to the salesman, but the person to whom he was talking did not get anything out of it.

enfumo.

olufu; (of eyes) ekirandalanda.

nnannyini nnyumba; (army) eggye, olufulube, ekibiina.

e- (ki/bi) chest; breast; bosom; measure of length (from the center of the chest to the end of the arm); cough, cold in the chest, flu. okwekuba mu kifuba, to repent; to reconsider one's position, cf. ^akafuba, olufuba.

olugero, olugambo, ekyobulo mbolombo, olufumo.

o- plur. empombo (lu/n) a young leaf of the banana plant which, after being softened by exposure to the sun, is used in cooking vegetable sauces. The sauce is inserted into about four layers of empombo and then steamed in the pot along with the main food dishes. Amagezi luwombo, bwe luyulika ng'osala olulala. (prov.) Wisdom is a luwombo; when it gets torn you can always cut another one. If one method fails, a wise person will adopt an alternative solution. oluwombo okulufumitamu akati, lit. to pierce a luwombo with a stick, i.e., throw cold water on someone's plans, ideas, etc. cf. ekiwombo.

hatch (eggs); incubate; extend over, spread over, cover. Twalengedde olufu nga lumaamidde ekiwonvu kyonna. We saw that the fog had spread over the entire valley. Yali akyamaamidde ku bukulu bw'essomero. He was still the principal of the school, lit. covering the head position. Eggaali emaamidde. The bicycle has a flat tire, kumaumira ga butembetembe, to remain in a place without budging.

n., enkumu, olufulube; (R.C.) mmisa.

olufu, kalenge.

adj., a lufu.

ebigambo, olufumo.

e- (n/n) string made of barkcloth used as a small torch to light fires, cf. olufuuzi.

adj. vast; far-ranging; spreading, which spreads, olusuku nnamulanda, a vast plantain garden. Yalaba olu- yombo lufuuse nnamulanda. He saw that the quarrel had begun to spread, cf. ^landa.

etc. cf. -nyaalu, -nyaalufu.

omuwendo, obungi; a great q., kidoma, lufubanja, enkumu; vide abundance; a small q., ententwe, nteketwe; vide tu.

blwebagyo, olukoba, olufuvu.

olugero, olufumo; vide lie.

omukka, olufu.

ngi; vide olufulube, olufuubanja.

n., omutaafu, embugubugu, olukanyanya; (in cloth) olufunyiro.

olufunyiro, nnabeefunye.

bent. Omugongo yalina gwa nnalufumba. He had a stooped back. He was round-shouldered.

(la) slaughterhouse.

ekifulukwa, nnabefululabiswa (under nnabe).

to speak thickly, slur one's speech (as one drunk).

^obufumbo, effumbiro, kifumba- mutuku (under mutuku), olufumbirwa, olu- fumbofumbo, mufumbakafu, ^omufumbi, omufumbiro, omufumbo, mufumbyannanda, enfumbiraganwa.

garments); be overgrown (of bushes), ng'olufu luzijja- gadde wonna. and the mis t/fog was heavy all over.

ekibiina, olufulube, enkuyanja, enkuzi.

deserted, ekiswa ekifu- lufu, a deserted termite heap. cf. fuluka.

-nyaalufu adj. thin, scrawny, skinny, emaciated, cf. nyaaluka.